GTA Vice City In The Beginning… Walkthrough

Tommy is out of prison after fifteen years and the Forelli family ships him to Vice City to run their drug business. A deal at the docks goes wrong, and you drive Ken Rosenberg to safety.

Before you start

Nothing to prepare. The mission is mostly cutscenes with one short drive.

Objectives

Drive Ken to his office.
Go to the Ocean View Hotel.

In The Beginning… walkthrough

Sonny sends Tommy south

The game opens in the back room of Marco’s Bistro in Liberty City, where Sonny Forelli and his men talk about Tommy’s release. They decide to send him to Vice City for a few months to look after the family’s drug operations. Nothing is playable yet, so sit through the scene and watch how the Forellis see Tommy.

Sonny Forelli and his men sitting around the table in Marco's Bistro

Sonny at the table with champagne bottles and stacks of cash

Sonny leaning back in his chair as he talks about Tommy

Sonny giving orders in the dim back room

Airport pickup

In Vice City, Ken Rosenberg collects Tommy and two Forelli men, Harry and Lee, at the airport and drives them to the docks in his Admiral. Ken does the talking on the way. The drive is a cutscene, so you only need to take in the view of the city and the plan for the evening.

Ken Rosenberg driving his white Admiral away from the airport

Tommy and the Forelli men standing by the Admiral

The Admiral cruising along the coast road with the group inside

The deal at Viceport

At Viceport the Vance family’s helicopter lands and the buyers step out to swap cases of cocaine for cash. Tommy, Harry, Lee and Ken take part as the exchange begins. It is an ambush, and the cutscene shows the deal falling apart.

A helicopter approaching the docks as the Admiral waits

Tommy and Ken watching the helicopter after it lands

Gunmen crouched behind crates at the docks

Dealers carrying briefcases across the yard

The ambush

The gunmen open fire. Harry, Lee and one of the dealers are killed, and the cases are left behind. Tommy, Ken and another dealer escape, and control returns to you. The ambush is a cutscene, so you cannot fight back. Climb behind the wheel of Ken’s Admiral when the scene ends and keep your eyes on the road, because the next stop is Ken’s office.

Tommy and the others confronting the dealers over the briefcase

Dealers bending over the open case at the docks

Tommy crouched beside a body at the docks

Drive Ken home

Take the wheel of Ken’s car and drive to his office at the Hotel Harrison in Ocean Beach. Ken is badly shaken, so there is no hurry, and no one is chasing you. Once he is inside, the mission is over and you are free to roam. Follow the new objective to the Ocean View Hotel, which becomes your first safehouse, and walk in to start the next scene.

Driving through Ocean Beach at night toward Ken's office

Driving down Ocean Drive past the neon signs

Tommy standing outside the Ocean View Hotel

After the mission

There is no pass screen. You unlock the Ocean View Hotel safehouse, and its phone call sets up An Old Friend.

The Ocean View Hotel lobby after Tommy walks inside